News and analysis on trade policy in Europe
Thursday, December 2, 2021
India and South Africa never liked ‘plurilateral’ agreement negotiations initiated in the World Trade Organization after the Doha ministerial conference twenty years ago. But a series of agreements among a broad subset of members of the global trade institution are coming to fruition. Now the long-simmering disagreement between these two …
The prospects of an agreement on exempting United Nations-supported food aid from any export restrictions, as an outcome of the World Trade Organization ministerial conference which starts in Geneva on 30 November, has moved a little closer.
United States trade chief Katherine Tai set out her first fully articulated views on the WTO since taking office last spring at a speech hosted by the Graduate Institute in Geneva on Thursday (14 October 2021). Tai’s speech indicated the United States is committed to achieving agreements on fisheries subsidies …
The difficulties faced by the World Trade Organization are becoming ever more apparent in the run-up to the 12th ministerial meeting. It is time to act – or face difficult truths about its future prospects.
A little bit of movement here, a little bit of movement there. That’s the story at the WTO this week. By Iana Dreyer and Rob Francis.
News of agreement on the Joint Statement Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation were a highlight of last week’s World Trade Organization’s Public Forum. Given that full-blown multilateral deals look unlikely in the immediate future in the global trade institution, deepening the trade rulebook among selected countries is better than the …
Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, spoke to Borderlex about how the nexus between trade and environmental policy is being addressed in Geneva. Paugam sees a paradigm shift. By Rob Francis.
Hi from Day 3 of the 2021 WTO Public Forum. The twelfth ministerial conference is two months away and many participants are wondering whether the event that might define the fate of the global world trade institution will rise to the challenge. Signals are mixed – at best. While there …
The World Trade Organization’s twelfth ministerial meeting at the end of November represents the institution’s big chance to secure a deal to limit subsidies to the fisheries sector, after 20 years of trying. But success is still by no means guaranteed.
The WTO Public Forum kicked off today in Geneva with delegates eager to get back into the swing of networking and debating critical trade issues. Rob Francis shares his impressions.
